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When everyone has appeared on the other side, you shadowed to your room and grabbed the eight yo-yo replicas that you had of Rinku's original yo-yo's. You shadowed back downstairs and gave Rinku the yo-yo's while apologizing for the other ones.
"I hope that this little incident doesn't affect with your skill at controlling them. Alucard gets a little carried away sometimes," You comfort.
"It's ok, These are exactly like the ones I had before and I was meaning to get new ones anyways. Thanks, it's a lucky coincidence that you have these," Rinku accepts.
"Yeah well, I used to yo-yo a lot and saw these about a year ago. I never used them though," you lie.
"Yeah, well, I still think he's as bad as Toguro. He was only toying with us and even if he is your friend, that doesn't make it ok," Yusuke points out.
"It's not his fault. He didn't choose to be a vampire and besides, he is Dracula's other half. Not only that but he's one of the few vampires that don't attack humans unless commanded to and even drinks human blood from a donated blood pouch. Not from their body and against their will," You point out. You didn't like Yusuke comparing Alucard to Toguro whether it was really you or not.
"Why are you taking his side anyways? I thought we were your friends. He could have killed us back there," Yusuke continues to argue.
"Well he wouldn't have killed you, any of you!" you shout.
"And how do you know that?! He may be your friend but that doesn't mean anything. He's still a blood-thirsty vampire no matter what you say," Yusuke shouts back.
"I know because that was me! There was no actual Alucard! He's a TV character from a show called Hellsing. Both him and the Integra I made! I was trying to kill Bret without him knowing it was me! If I told you guys then it might have given it away that it was me and it would have failed! I know how you are Yusuke Urameshi and planning strategies isn't really your best area of expertise," you yell and do your best to simmer down.
"And how would you know what I was like? You've only lived with us for four days. And how do you know my last name? And are you telling us that you can shape-shift too? Since when? You've been hiding something from us ever since we met you. Why don't you spill now?" Yusuke confronted.
"If that'll make you guys really trust me, then fine. But you won't be able to make much sense of it at first. I already told Hiei after spilling some info. If all of you will just wait here, I'll go get something to help me explain it," you give up. You weren't in the mood for fighting.
You shadow to your room again and grab your pictures as well as a couple of DVD's from the dark tournament when team Urameshi faces the Jolly devil six and Shadow Channellers. You shadow back downstairs and put the DVD's by the DVD player and the drawings beside it.
"Ok, The secret I've been keeping from all of you is…I've known about you guys for two years from a TV series called Yu Yu Hakusho. That may seem confusing but it's true. I even have drawings that I made from a while back, before I even met any of you or went on and exchange trip and saw Kurama at his school. I just thought that it was coincidence or he liked to cosplay at the time, but now I know that it was neither. Here," you explained and passed around the pictures.
"How do we know that its from a TV series and not just you predicting stuff without you knowing it?" Touya asks as he passes a picture of the Shadow Channellers to Jin.
"Because of this. It's some DVD's I collected of the series and happens during the first Dark Tournament that team Urameshi entered in," you answer and play the DVD. Everyone watches as the intro starts and they watch the episodes. You watch with them and sit on the couch in between Hiei and Kurama. Soon episode forty-three comes on and quite a few people get some laughs while others blush some or get annoyed. You even quote and mimic some of the parts that Hiei and Yusuke say on Episode 43. When the episodes are finished, you get up and put the disc back in its case.
"Well I hope you all understand now. That's partially how I was able to beat you on our first day of training. You know, when I was still pretending to be a mute boy. Thanks to this, I know pretty much all about your pasts, personalities, and things like that. Even things like that Hiei absolutely loves sweet snow, Kurama's human mother was gravely ill before he saved her with the forlorn hope, and other things. I only know so much about demons because of this and my friend that I tutored in school. You'll meet her soon. She'll be at the tournament and she knows quite a bit about demons. Koenma mentioned her and the honored human guest team. Kagome Higurashi," You explain.
"Well that certainly explains a lot. Such as how you knew that Eikichi was Kuwabara's cat, how Yusuke would ask about what you thought of my cooking, and how Botan was going to hug you when she met you," Kurama recalled.
"Exactly. The only one here that I don't know anything about is Sabera. She's not the series so I don't know anything about her besides what I've seen," you confirm.
"So all of the things we've been doing are on that series? That's like having a home video that's broadcasted to the public. That's so weird and creepy," Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Trust me. It's not as creepy as this one Eizou Hakusho that had Yusuke married to Botan or had you, Kurama, and Hiei in army uniforms while Yusuke has no idea of what's going on in any of them," you say while shuddering at the memory of Hiei in a blue tux and giving Botan a compliment while smiling cheerfully.
You didn't realize that you let the barrier down and Hiei had gone into your mind and had seen the flashback of the episodes. The image made Hiei twitch as he sat by Kurama. You saw this and figured out that he saw the memory.
Just then, Koenma came up on the TV and said, "Guys, tomorrow is the day that they set off for the island on the boat and I want you to meet the human team tomorrow as well. I'm afraid you for have to go home now and I advise you all to go to bed early and get some rest. The boat will set sail at 7:00 pm. Good night and be sure to get there on time," He then opened a portal and Jin, Chu, Rinku, and Touya disappeared through it. You all said good night and went off to your rooms. You went in the room with Hiei and changed into your pajamas in the bathroom. When you came out you were wearing a red tank top with a white cat and said 'paws off' in gray letters while the pants were gray and had the same white kitten spread out on them with red paw prints.
You instantly spotted Hiei already laying under the covers and facing the wall as if he was asleep. You tilted your head to the side and got in next to him. You looked over his shoulder, at his face to see it was in a peaceful slumber. You smiled gently and kissed his cheek then tucked yourself in beside him. 'Must have been really tired after that little adventure,' you thought to yourself and fell asleep. Unknown to you though, Hiei had actually been awake and blushed after you kissed him, though he tried not to, and heard your thoughts. Soon though, he too fell asleep as you both fell into your own dream world…
To Be Continued…